Cari > Cari's Quotes

“Nana always said that books made better friends than people anyway. Books will take you anywhere if you let them, she used to say, and I think she was right.”
― Alice Feeney, Sometimes I Lie

“We are all made of flesh and stars, but we all become dust in the end. Best to shine while you can.”
― Alice Feeney, Sometimes I Lie

“Some people appear happy on the outside and you only know they’re broken inside if you listen as well as look.”
― Alice Feeney, Sometimes I Lie

“We are all just ghosts of the people we hoped that we were and counterfeit replicas of the people we wanted to be.”
― Alice Feeney, Sometimes I Lie

“Sometimes I think it's best to say nothing at all, silence cannot be misquoted.”
― Alice Feeney, Sometimes I Lie

“Everyone you meet is inevitably flawed... I don't avoid broken people because I think I'm better than them. I just don't like looking at my own reflection.”
― Alice Feeney, Sometimes I Lie

“...but nightmares are dreams too.”
― Alice Feeney, Sometimes I Lie

“People are not mirrors-they don't see you how you see yourself.”
― Alice Feeney, Sometimes I Lie

“Stars cannot shine without darkness.”
― Alice Feeney, Sometimes I Lie

“People think that good and bad are opposites but they're wrong, they're just mirror images of one another in broken glass.”
― Alice Feeney, Sometimes I Lie

“delighted in the free fall between sleep and wakefulness.”
― Alice Feeney, Sometimes I Lie

“Sometimes I think I am the unreliable narrator of my own life. Sometimes I think we all are.”
― Alice Feeney, His & Hers

“Patience is the answer to so many of life's questions.”
― Alice Feeney, His & Hers

“I think when we finally get what we think we want, it loses its value. It's the secret nobody ever shares, because if they did, we would all stop trying.”
― Alice Feeney, His & Hers

“I think you reach an age—and it is different for everyone—where you finally realize that all the things you thought mattered, don’t.”
― Alice Feeney, His & Hers

“Sometimes we hold on too tight to the wrong people, until it hurts so much we have to let go.”
― Alice Feeney, His & Hers

“There is a difference between being and feeling alone, and it is possible to miss someone and be with them at the same time.”
― Alice Feeney, His & Hers

“None of the relationships I have ever formed with another human being feel real to me. More like a series of missed connections.”
― Alice Feeney, His & Hers

“People might recognise my face, they may even know my name, but they’ll never know the real me. Nobody does. I’ve always been selfish with the true thoughts and feelings inside my head; I don’t share them with anyone. Because I can’t. There is a version of me I can only ever be with myself. I sometimes think the secret to success is the ability to adapt. Life rarely stays the same, and I’ve frequently had to reinvent myself in order to keep up.”
― Alice Feeney, His & Hers

“There are over seven billion people on the planet, and yet I have somehow managed to spend a lifetime feeling alone.”
― Alice Feeney, His & Hers

“We rarely deserve the lives we lead. We pay for them however we can, be it with money, guilt, or regret.”
― Alice Feeney, His & Hers

“I'm pretty good at being the version of myself I think people want me to be. At least on the outside.”
― Alice Feeney, His & Hers

“It costs almost nothing to be kind.”
― Alice Feeney, His & Hers

“We all have secrets; some we won't even tell ourselves.”
― Alice Feeney, His & Hers

“Sometimes even I don’t like to see the me that I become when nobody else is looking.”
― Alice Feeney, His & Hers

“Silence is a fear I've learned to feel, rather than hear.”
― Alice Feeney, His & Hers

“I return the smile like an unwanted gift.”
― Alice Feeney, His & Hers

“We all have cracks, the little dents and blemishes that life makes in our hearts and minds, cemented by fear and anxiety, sometimes plastered over with fragile hope. I choose to hide the vulnerable sides of myself as well as I’m able at all times. I choose to hide a lot of things.
The only people with no regrets are liars.”
― Alice Feeney, His & Hers

“When a woman like that grabs your attention, they rarely give it back.”
― Alice Feeney, His & Hers

“Sometimes I find the only way to ease the worst forms of pain is to damage myself in a different way. Distract my attention from the things that can and will break me. A little hurt to help me heal.”
― Alice Feeney, His & Hers